estreeter
Headphoneus Supremus
- Joined
- Jun 10, 2009
- Posts
- 8,336
- Likes
- 480
OK, that last photo of a massive disk array convinced me that some might have put a little *too much* thought into this !
Yep, incremental backups make a lot more sense than 'scratch' backups. Run Linux and the chances that you are backing up anything malevolent are very slim (certainly not 'zero' as some of the zealots would have you believe tho). Linux really is tailor made for storage wonks but personally I couldnt be bothered endlessly tinkering with 10,000+ line Perl scripts simply to ensure that I have a valid backup.
Agreed. It's one thing to have to enter in a few commands in Terminal or CMD Prompt, it's entirely another to have to run these complicated backup scripts. Then, the world of Linux birthed ZFS so there may just be something to this insane level of data protection. Heck, the latest versions of ZFS support encryption, which would be very nice.
I work in a role where we feel the impact of 'bad batches' from hard drive manufacturers, and its never a happy day when someone comes in, on the verge of tears, and tells you that all their wedding photos/kids birthday parties etc are on that dead hard drive. For Head-Fiers with thousands of albums on disk, it would have to rank somewhere up there with the loss of a limb.
ZFS isn't available on Linux for as far as I know? I thought ZFS comes from Sun. Not entirely sure though. It's been a while since I last used solaris.